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Title
View of Pasadena's elevated bicycle track, looking south, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a view of Pasadena's elevated bicycle track, looking south, ca.1900. The track connected Pasadena to downtown Los Angeles and was an attempt to speed up transportation. The track runs parallel with the street beyond the homes at left. To the right of the track is mostly barren land with some trees dotting the landscape.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6043
USC-1-1-1-6152 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8588
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6043
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8588.jpg
Subject
Cycling
Bicycles
Los Angeles County--Pasadena--Streets
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
USA
Source
1-37-151 [Microfiche number]
8588 [Accession number]
CHS-8588 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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